I think the most common real-world example is Russian and Italian, which have a specific word for light-blue which is distinct from the word for blue.
I assume this is like how ‘pink’ is a special word for ‘light-red’.
I assume this is like how ‘pink’ is a special word for ‘light-red’.
An English speaker (like speakers of many other languages) would find this ridiculous, but it is true that the two sounds represent either side of a completely arbitrary threshold applied to a continuous phenomenon.